Author: George Granville Leveson-Gower Duke of SutherlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cleveland House (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Catalogue Raisonné of the Pictures Belonging to the Most Honourable the Marquis of Stafford, in the Gallery of Cleveland House
Author: George Granville Leveson-Gower Duke of SutherlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cleveland House (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Catalogue Raisonné of the Pictures Belonging to the Marquis of Stafford, in the Gallery of Cleveland House
Author: SUTHERLAND (1. duke.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emblem books, English
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The Georgian London Town House
Author: Kate RetfordPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501337319
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
For every great country house of the Georgian period, there was usually also a town house. Chatsworth, for example, the home of the Devonshires, has officially been recognised as one of the country's favourite national treasures - but most of its visitors know little of Devonshire House, which the family once owned in the capital. In part, this is because town houses were often leased, rather than being passed down through generations as country estates were. But, most crucially, many London town houses, including Devonshire House, no longer exist, having been demolished in the early twentieth century. This book seeks to place centre-stage the hugely important yet hitherto overlooked town houses of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, exploring the prime position they once occupied in the lives of families and the nation as a whole. It explores the owners, how they furnished and used these properties, and how their houses were judged by the various types of visitor who gained access.
The Gallery at Cleveland House
Author: Anne Nellis RichterPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350372749
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
In 1806, the Marquess and Marchioness of Stafford opened a gallery at Cleveland House, London, to display their internationally-renowned collection of Old Master paintings to the public. A ticket to the gallery's Wednesday afternoon openings was a sought-after prize, granting access to the collection and the house's dazzling interior in the company of artists, celebrities, and Britain's elite. This book explores the gallery's interior through the lens of its abundant material culture, including paintings in gilded frames, furniture, silver oil lamps, flower arrangements, and the numerous printed catalogues and guidebooks that made the gallery visible to those who might never cross its threshold. Through detailed analysis of these objects and a wide range of other visual, material, textual and archival sources, the book presents the gallery at Cleveland House as a methodological case study on how the display of art in the 19th century was shaped by notions about public and private space, domesticity, and the role art galleries played in the formation of national culture. In doing so, the book also explains how and why magnificent private galleries and the artworks and objects they contained gripped the public imagination during a critical period of political and cultural transformation during and after the Napoleonic Wars. Combining historical, cultural and material analysis, the book will make essential reading for researchers in British art in the Regency period, museum studies, collecting studies, social history, and the histories of interior decoration and design in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Evolving House Museum
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004700757
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This volume explores twelve house museums, created over more than two centuries, and founded across the globe. What motivates collectors to establish independent house museums instead of donating their collections to preexisting institutions? How have collectors’ original intentions manifested themselves in their museums? Have founder mandates aided the survival or caused the demise of their institutions? How have house museums’ collections or buildings evolved over time? Must museums reinterpret their collections to remain relevant to contemporary and diverse audiences? In seeking to answer these questions, the volume’s authors share the unique stories behind the creation and evolution of these fascinating institutions, and the intriguing stories of the exceptional individuals who founded them. Contributors: Aistė Bimbirytė, Eliza Butler, Chih-En Chen, Enrico Colle, Allegra Davis, Marissa Hershon, Mia Laufer, Ulrike Müller, Nadine Nour el Din, Inge Reist, Anne Nellis Richter, and Georgina S. Walker.
The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed
Author: Arthur AikinThe Annual Review and History of Literature
Author: Art in Museums
Author: Susan PearcePublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 056740854X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Canvasses past and contemporary problems of cultural representation and the relationship between the artist, the museum and society.
Art for the Nation
Author: Brandon TaylorPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719054532
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Art first became public in Britain through a series of interlocking relationships between national galleries, patrons, collections of art, and sections or classes of the population as a whole. This study concentrates on London, and analyzes the formation of the major national art institutions at its geographical and managerial centre.
Catalogue
Author: London sir John Soane's mus, librPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description